Media advisory - TSB investigation progress update on September 2013 OC Transpo - VIA Rail accident in Ottawa, Ontario

GATINEAU, QC, Sept. 16 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will provide an investigation progress update on 24 September 2014, on the fatal collision between an OC Transpo bus and a VIA Rail passenger train. The accident occurred at a level Transitway crossing in Ottawa, Ontario, on 18 September 2013.

When:	24 September 2014 at 11:00 a.m. EDT
Who:	Robert Johnston, Investigator-in-Charge Dan Di Tota, Senior Investigator
Where:	TSB Laboratory 1901 Research Road Ottawa, Ontario K1V 2B1

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SOURCE: Transportation Safety Board of Canada

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